11:13 PM,
Jan. 18, 2014

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A 62-year-old city man driving in the wrong direction on Route 9 at nearly twice the speed limit Friday was charged with drunk driving, state police said.

Lonnie C. Roberts, of Peekskill, not only was driving at 90 mph in a 55 mph zone but his vehicle was traveling north on the southbound lanes of Route 9 about 2:30 a.m., police said. Roberts only stopped his vehicle after noticing state police troopers also traveling north right alongside him on the correct northbound lanes, officials said.